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There Is No Escaping This Week In Gaming Apps
The coast looks clear. There are certainly a lot less android roaming the streets than there were last week, but what if it’s just a ploy to lead you out into the open? You take a couple of cautious steps out of the shadows, and BAM! — the Week in Gaming Apps. It’s a predator,…
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Pokemon Brings Back “Gotta Catch ‘Em All” With A Bad Music Video
“Gotta Catch ‘Em All” never truly left our hearts, but it did leave official Pokemon channels for a bit. The Pokemon Company is bringing it back, and they’ve recruited renowned electronica artist Pogo to produce this bit of nonsense. That’s right kids, this was the big tease. The song is called “Catchatronic”, and it’s a…
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The First Great Mobile Japanese Action RPG Is Getting A Sequel
Released in early 2010, EXE-Create’s Japanese action role-playing game Across Age was a turning point in my mobile gaming career — the moment I realized that the types of games I really loved would soon be in my pocket. Across Age II is coming this winter, and I’m positively giddy. The only real issue I…
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If Any Game Needs A Remake, It’s Mutant League Football
For a game that spawned a cartoon spin-off, a comic book and an action figure line, there’s been no activity at all on the Mutant League Football front since the game was released on the Sega Genesis back in 1993. Do you want to bring it back? That’s what game creator Michael Mendheim would like…
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Esports
Watch The League Of Legends 2013 World Championship Here
Fourteen of the top League of Legends teams from around the world have converged on Culver City today, the first step on a long journey to the Grand Finals on October 4 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The competition is fierce. The commentators are going crazy. Watch all the action here. The initial…
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Reviews
The Clown Prince Of Crime Is Positively Petrifying In Plastic
I don’t know what’s worse. Having this Sideshow Collectibles Sixth-Scale Joker figure standing on my desk, or knowing he’s on a shelf or in a closet in his box, biding his time, chuckling under his breath. Give me the Batman: The Animated Series Joker any day. At least I know my demise will be quick…
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Final Fantasy XIV MMO Log Two: A Few Cents Short Of A Dragoon
I really wanted this week’s video MMO log for Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn to show you my ascension from Lancer to Dragoon at level 30, but I fell short. That I’m bummed about it says a lot about how I feel about the game. First off, let me just thank all of the…
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The Best Part Of Harry Potter 7 Begins Infinity Blade III
As a more casual Harry Potter enthusiast, the best moment in the entire movie series was The Tale of the Three Brothers, an animated aside from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1. Chair creative director Donald Mustard liked it as well, so he hired the animation company that made it to summarize the…
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You’ll Never Guess What Game This Beautiful Trailer Belongs To
I downloaded an odd game yesterday, figuring it would be something silly; something light. I opened it up and this video started. I watched, completely entranced. I nearly cried. God damn, Chipotle advergame. Seriously. The song is “Pure Imagination,” a haunting arrangement recorded by Fiona Apple specifically for this game. The game and video are…
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Mega Mewtwo X Is Cool. More Gender-Specific Pokemon Forms Are Cooler.
It’s been two days since the big Corocoro Pokemon X and Y news explosion and, like clockwork, here comes The Pokemon Company to verify everything and add a little spice. Two Mega Mewtwos and a Mega Garchomp? True. Starter evolutions? Cute! A customizeable Pokemon? Interesting. New Pokemon with male and female forms? Awesome. Let’s take…
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You Will Believe In Browser-Based Games After Playing Card Hunter
Assembled by a magical gathering of collectible card and video game talent, Card Hunter is a truly unique of deck building and tabletop role-playing that no fan of either should miss — and since it’s browser-based and free, no fan has to. We live in an amazing time, my friends. When the likes of Richard…
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The Metro: Last Light Developer DLC pack features a fully-stocked shooting range, an AI battle arena, and a museum filled with the game’s characters and creatures. There’s also a solo mission filled with spiders, so screw that. The pack will release September 17 for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. You can read about it…
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Nothing Sells A Game Like A Woman Covered In Cow Dung
You probably shouldn’t watch this. Not if you don’t want to be struck by the irresistible urge to fly to England and purchase a copy of Harvest Moon: A New Beginning, one of the few defenses against being showered with cow poop. At least that’s what I’m taking away from the advertisement. We can argue…
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Check Out Ten iOS 7 Features That Will Make Everything Better
After months of drooling over flat icons and clean lines, I’ve finally gotten my hands on iOS 7. Let’s take a look at ten fresh features of the revamped operating system, from essential changes to the just plain neat. For instance, the new default wallpaper is an illusion. Ooooo. 1. The New Default Wallpaper Is…
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There’s One Major Free-To-Play Problem With Where’s My Water? 2
During an interview with Where’s My Water? creator Tim FitzRandolph last week, I found myself excited over the new direction he was taking with the first numbered sequel in the wildly popular series. Then he said the words “simple energy mechanic,” and my heart sank. At first the free-to-play sequel FitzRandolph laid out for me…
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ReviewsKillzone: Mercenary: The Kotaku Review
Portable first-person shooters generally suck. The controls are too limited, the screens too small for fine detail, or the stories aren’t more than simple set dressing for an egregious bullet and blood ballet. Killzone: Mercenary does not feel like a portable first-person shooter. I was honestly expecting the worst when I discovered I’d been assigned…
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Before Jurassic World Was A Movie, It Was A Video Game Project
Yesterday the upcoming film Jurassic Park IV officially became Jurassic World, coming to theaters on June 15, 2015. Despite sharing the same name and featuring dinosaurs, this trailer has nothing to do with that film. Though the YouTube user who uploaded the footage, captured a couple months back during a panel held at the Star…
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ReviewsYour Vast Knowledge of Trivia Is Your Greatest Weapon In Quiz RPG
What RPG-based genere mash-up could be more satusfying than GungHo Entertainment’s wildly popular Puzzle & Dragons‘ combination of collectible creatures and match-puzzle dungeoneering? The answer is Quiz RPG: The World of Mystic Wiz. Quiz RPG is almost exactly the same game as Puzzle & Dragons. Players collect, combine and evolve elemental-based spirits, forming a team…
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Everything You Could Want In A $275 Final Fantasy Keyboard
Behold the limited edition Final Fantasy XI XIth Anniversary keyboard, nearly $300 worth of Moogle-embossed enter keys and FF-fonted F-keys. It’s so beautiful. Available today for preorder from the fine folks at Hori, the Final Fantasy XI XIth Anniversary (so clever) keyboard looks like the perfect way to have a freaking Final Fantasy-themed keyboard on…
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